Adam Aziz - Founder
Birth-town: Dagenham, England
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Favourite Soccer Team: Tottenham Hotspurs
Favourite Activities: Soccer, Travel, Making new Friends, Snowboarding, Skiing, Beach Life, Reading, Fishing.
Travel Experience: Most of Europe, Egypt, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Uganda.
Volunteer Experience: Asst. Head Coach, Canada Power Chair Soccer Team
Philosophy: Always leave a place better than how you found it.
Meet the Freekicks Team.
The Freekicks story started in 2012 with Founder Adam Aziz. Adam had a vision for making the world a better place through the game of soccer, and had the desire to utilize his coaching skills to create a positive impact in deprived communities. Shortly after, Adam met Justus through a mutual friend. Justus and Adam had their first “official” meeting at a Tim Horton’s, where Adam shared his plans for the International Program in Uganda. Since Justus is Ugandan-born, their friendship was a natural fit. Based on Adam’s story and vision, Justus was filled with a burning desire. He thought to himself: “Here is someone not even from Uganda and is willing to help my country, and I am from Uganda and haven’t done anything”. That thinking is what propelled Justus to get involved with Freekicks.
Justus Mirembe -
Director of Operations
Birth-town: Jinja, Uganda
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Favourite Soccer Team: Manchester United
Favourite Activities: Soccer, Travel, Volleyball, Missionary Work (especially involving helping kids), Table Tennis
Travel/Volunteer Experience: London, Amsterdam, Kigali, Nairobi, Mombasa, Addis Ababa
Philosophy: Failure is not an option
Andres Mariategui -
Director of Health & Research
Birth-town: Vancouver, BC.
Hometown: Lima, Peru.
Favourite Soccer Team: Universitario de Deportes
Favourite Activities: Playing soccer, volleyball and tennis
Volunteer Experience: "City of Kids", mentoring underpriviliged kids in Lima.
Philosophy: "What man is a man who does not make the world a better place"
Nigel Marples -
Freekicks Impact Coach
Birth-town: Vancouver, BC
Hometown: Delta, BC
Favourite Soccer Team: Manchester United FC
Favourite Activities: Coaching, hiking, working out, outdoor sports, relaxing, spending time with family and friends.
Travel Experience: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, England, Holland, U.S.
Volunteer Experience: Helping Hands Rescue Mission, Philadelphia, PA
Philosophy: Each day is an opportunity to improve, grow, learn.
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Arlo Rose -
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